Little Mermaid inspired Nail Polish ring!

When my friend Mariel was over at my house the other day and saw this design on the SE image plates, she immediately thought of the Little Mermaid, so today when I was bored, I decided to make a ring inspired by the Little Mermaid for her as a thanks for being my workout buddy and this is what I came up with:

 Salon Express plate from the CVS kit

Jesse's Girl Mermaid's Lagoon

China Glaze Gothic Lolita

I used the seahorse to signify the sea and I used the teal/purple for Ariel's colors :) I really love how this turned out and I might just have to make one for myself!

Thanks for reading, until next time!

Jesse's Girl Mermaid's Lagoon v. China Glaze Custom Kicks

Yesterday I picked up Mermaid's Lagoon from Jesse's Girl from the new Julie G collection. When I first saw it I immediately thought of Custom Kicks from China Glaze so I thought I'd do a little comparison. As it is labeled, Custom Kicks is on the pointer and ring and Mermaid's Lagoon is on the middle and pinky.

And here's a bottle picture comparison of the two:

As you can see, the shimmer on Mermaid's Lagoon is much more apparent both in the bottle and on the nail. It was actually hard to photograph the shimmer in the Custom Kicks bottle but with Mermaid's Lagoon it was not a problem at all. As far as the differences in the shimmer, Custom Kicks is much more of a yellow gold whereas Mermaid's Lagoon is much more of a coppery gold. The base color is similar for both but the Custom Kicks base turquoise is slightly lighter. 

So... they are definitely different enough for me to justify having them both... and that's the story I'm sticking with. Until next time!